He decided to give the money and a thank you note to the soldier “because he was a soldier and soldiers remind me of my dad,” Myles said, CBS reported.

The note stated:

“Dear Soldier – my dad was a soldier. He’s in heaven now. I found this $20 dollars in the parking lot when we got here. We like to pay it forward in my family. It’s your lucky day! Thank you for your service. – Myles Eckert, a Gold Star kid.”

Myles father, Army Sgt. Andy Eckert, was killed in Iraq five weeks after Myles was born.

Lt. Col. Dailey told CBS the note gives him a lifetime of direction and he looks at it everyday.